埃欧的子孙Io's Children

索引：【神与类神总录】
索引：【有鳞族裔诸神】

简介

埃欧的子孙Io's Children
【主　 　神】	埃欧Io
【势力 范围】	巨龙和亚龙生物
【简　 　介】	即巨龙神系The Draconic Pantheon，由九面龙神埃欧衍生出的一系列巨龙神力，其中以提亚玛特和巴哈姆特最为人熟知。自巨龙时代的永恒圣战以来，由于巨龙的衰落和对诸神的背弃，其信徒规模已经极为衰落。大部分巨龙目前信仰人类神明或完全不信神。
神祇名	神力	阵营	旧译	简介
埃欧Io	G	N	无	九面龙神，在费伦被称作阿斯格拉斯Asgorath
努尔Null	I/L→G	LN/LE	无	费伦巨龙的死神与亡龙之神，是费伦巨龙对法拉祖尔与库若尼普斯信仰的融合，主要信徒为影龙和龙巫妖
奈尔·斯克亚克Nathair Sgiathach	I	CG	无	伪龙与妖精龙之神，他不关心其他巨龙的事物，并已加入了喜乐王庭
兰狄司Lendys	I	LN	无	巨龙的审判之神，塔玛拉配偶
塔玛拉Tamara	I	NG	无	巨龙的怜悯之神，兰狄司配偶
佐奎安Zorquan	I	LN	无	巨龙的精华之神
克蕾丝卡Kereska	I	CN	无	巨龙的魔法与龙魔法之神
埃丝泰拉博Astilabor	I	CN	无	巨龙贪欲女神
阿丝忒瑞娜Aasterinian	L	CN	无	埃欧的使者，在费伦被称作赫拉尔Hlal（CG），精灵则称为阿瓦切尔Avachel
迦瑞克斯Garyx	I	CE	无	火龙之神
巴哈姆特Bahamut	L	LG	无	白金龙神，金属龙之神，在费伦被称作希莫尔Xymor，在恩瑟神系被称作马杜克
提亚玛特Tiamat	L	LE	无	彩色龙后，彩色龙之神
塔斯克Task	L	CE	无	巨龙的贪婪之神
卡尔萨里纳德Kalzareinad	D→Dead	NE	无	巨龙的邪恶魔法之神，已被克蕾丝卡吞并
阿扎鲁尔Azharul	D→Dead	LE	无	巨龙的次要魔法神，已被提亚玛特吞并
非巨龙神系的巨龙神明
夸尔特Qotal	G	LG	无	披羽巨龙，马兹特克神系的羽蛇神
阿佩普Apep	D	CE	无	埃及神系的诸神之敌，目前被关在黑暗之井
察斯萨Tchazzar	M→Q	CE	无	提亚玛特的选民，阙森塔之父

2e<Monster Mythology.p097>前言Introduction

　　在诸世界的爬行动物和两栖动物神明中，存在一个强大的核心集团，这是一群亘古不变的原始神力，在神话中祂们屹于其它造物之外。祂们既不与其他种族的神明产生联系，也并不创造世界或是大规模改造世界；祂们是、也仅仅是祂们自己罢了。这便是为什么相较于其祂大部分神明，祂们对自己的冷血崇拜者往往更为冷漠疏远，对变化的反应通常也非常缓慢、迟钝——甚至能迁延数十年乃至数个世纪。这更进一步导致祂们的族群通常处于一种缓慢而残酷的衰落境地，寇涛鱼人的处境便是个典型案例。
The gods of the reptilian and amphibious creatures of the worlds include a powerful central group who, in myth, stand outside the rest of creation. These deities are seen as ancient to the point of timeless, primeval powers. They are not associated with the gods of other races, they do not create worlds or modify them much; they simply have their being unto themselves. This tends to make them more aloof from their cold-blooded worshipers than most gods, and they are usually slow to react to changes, even across decades and centuries. One consequence of this is that their races are often in a process of slow but remorseless decline, the kuo-toa being an excellent example.

　　这些神祇通常极富智慧，尤其通晓那些非常古老、业已被埋葬的魔法知识。在祂们的本质中往往蕴含着强大的魔力，但祂们选择保守着自己的秘密并保持缄默。
These deities are usually regarded as being very wise, especially in their knowledge of very ancient and buried magic. They are often intensely magical in nature themselves, but they conceal their secrets and remain silent.

　　这个核心集团主要包含两组共四位神祇。蛇人之神 麦尔绍克Merrshaulk 与 寇涛鱼人女神 布里博杜普Blibdoolpoolp 都是没落种族的神明，祂们非常怠惰和冷漠。麦尔绍克被隔绝于深眠之处，甚至极少唤醒自己为 主物质位面Prime Material 的事务操心；寇涛鱼人女神则被自己的隐秘王国的包围了，对外界的一切她深感憎恶。
This core group contains primarily four deities who form two pairs. Merrshaulk, god of the yuan-ti, and Blibdoolpoolp, the kuo-toan goddess, are both gods of declining races who are, themselves, fairly inactive and somewhat uncaring. Merrshaulk is detached to the point of deep hibernation, rarely even waking to bother itself with the affairs of the Prime Material, whereas the kuo-toan goddess envelops herself within her secluded realm, hating everything outside it.

　　另一对则相当有趣，因为祂们都是多面相的神明。九面巨龙the Ninefold Dragon 埃欧Io 包含了一切的阵营，被巨龙们视为万物、包括虵们自己的伟大造物主。巨龙们对这个观点非常敏感。凡物巨龙们认为，就像自己已发明并设计了一切有价值或有意义事物，是埃欧创造了多元宇宙的一切，并以慈悲的恩典允许“不太重要的存在们”（其祂强大神）在之后登场表演、对他的造物进行修改。建议你不要与巨龙们就此发生争论。
The other pair is intriguing because the two deities are multi-aspected gods. Io, the Ninefold Dragon, contains within himself all alignments and is seen by dragons as the great creator of all things, including themselves. Dragons are very touchy about this. Just as mortal dragons consider that they have invented and devised just about anything and everything of any value or significance, so they hold Io to have created all of the multiverse and to have had the grace to permit "less important beings" (other greater gods) to play with and modify his creation subsequently. Dragons should not be argued with on this point.

　　纳迦女王 雪金尼斯特Shekinester 是位三面女神，有着守序善良、混乱邪恶和绝对中立的面相。她以少女、老妇与成年女性的形态神临。纳迦女神是条智慧的巨蛇，她在自己的 光之廷Court of Light 的厅堂上着，就像埃欧一样，她是实用性智慧的具现。
Shekinester, the naga queen, is a triple-aspect goddess with aspects of lawful good, chaotic evil and pure neutrality. She appears in the form of a maiden, a crone, and a mature female. Coiled within the halls of her Court of Light, the naga goddess is the embodiment of practical wisdom, a great wise serpent as is Io himself.

　　羽蛇神 洁芮恩Jazirian 也与这个核心集团关系密切，不过羽蛇们非常晦涩地认为：洁芮恩是存在于 寰宇巨蛇World Serpent 其祂不完美体中的、原型的完美体；这是埃欧和雪金尼斯特所共同反应的主题的变体：存在的多样性。因此，那些非常古老的爬行动物神有着与祂们宏伟年龄与伟大智慧相似的复杂性。有时候，有些其祂神祇也被与祂们归为一体：死亡巨龙the Death Dragon 库若尼普斯Chronepsis 掌管着时间、命运和永恒的秩序。库罗尼普斯从不开口、或是与其祂存在沟通，如果他知晓万物的终结，也从未吐露分毫。在某些龙类神话中，这位沉默的神祇被视作埃欧的存在在多个世界的绝对平衡的延伸的投影之叠加。正如埃欧化作了万物，库罗尼普斯将一切吸纳进了自身。有时候，这两位存在被（恰如其分地）视作兄弟，共同以一个非常复杂的符号表示，在它的中心是一头有着九叉之尾的九头巨龙，每个头都在吞咽一条尾巴。
Jazirian, the couatl god, also has an affinity with this central group, although couatl think of him in very subtle terms as a perfection of an archetype which exists in other, less perfect, World Serpent forms; this is a variation on the same theme which Io and Shekinester represent：that of multiplicity of being. Thus, these very ancient reptile gods have a complexity which parallels their great age and wisdom. The other deity sometimes bracketed with them is singular: Chronepsis, the Death Dragon, presider over time, fate, and eternal law. Chronepsis never speaks or communicates, and if he knows the end of all things, he isn't telling. This mute god is seen in some draconic myths as a re-enfolding which mirrors Io's perfectly balanced extension of being into the worlds. Just as Io has become all things, Chronepsis draws everything back into himself. Sometimes, fittingly, these two are seen as brothers and represented together in a very complex symbol which has at its center the image of a nine-headed dragon with a ninefold-forked tail, each head swallowing a tail.

　　埃欧和雪金尼斯特都有仆神——与自己性别相异的熊孩子，这些孩子们都生性好玩、任性，有时会愿意让凡人一窥祂们的强大父母所小心守护的秘密。艾欧的女儿 阿丝忒瑞娜Aasterinian 混乱、轻浮、好玩、爱笑，在她身上没有其强大父亲的任何庄严特质。她担任着埃欧的信使，但在这方面她并不很可靠，很容易从他赋予她的任务上分心。在神话中，她没有母亲，是直接从埃欧的存在中以一种极度复杂的方式直接诞生的，这种方式涉及了许多 九面之父the Ninefold father 的思维反刍与象征思考；这段神话令人困惑，并且只以不完整的形式存在于巨龙之中（他们无论如何都不会多谈它），并且在各个世界之间也有不一致的地方。
Both Io and Shekinester have servitor deities, errant children of the opposite sex who are playful, wayward, and sometimes willing to allow mortals a peek into the secrets their powerful parents guard carefully. Io's daughter Aasterinian is chaotic, flighty, playful and laughing, and has nothing of the gravity of her mighty father. She serves Io as a messenger, but not a very reliable one, and is readily distracted from any tasks he gives her. In myth, she has no mother and is born direct from Io's being in a highly complex manner involving many ruminations and symbolic ponderings by the Ninefold father; this mythology is confusing and exists only in partial forms among dragons (who don't talk much about it, anyway) and is also inconsistent from world to world.

　　雪金尼斯特之子 帕拉法尔Parrafaire 也是有着轻跃灵魂的类似存在。虽然他也是位欺诈者，但比那位年轻的巨龙女神，他更为体贴和睿智。就像他的母亲，帕拉法尔也是秘密和隐匿智慧的保护者，不过他的母亲守护的是她自己的秘密，帕拉法尔所守护的秘密却是他人的。不过，相较于阿丝忒瑞娜，他的本性更为贴近自己的父母，而且他有自己的同性别父亲——在纳迦神话中通常是 洁芮恩Jazirian，尽管这条羽蛇有着雌雄同体的本质（这并不代表在纳迦神话中，纳迦看见的是洁芮恩的男性面相）。
Shekinester's son Parrafaire is likewise a being with a light spirit. He is a trickster also, but he is more thoughtful and wise than the young dragon goddess. Parrafaire is a protector of secrets and concealed wisdom, a guardian as his mother is, but those secrets are not of his own being as his mother’s are. Still, he is clearly closer in nature to his parent than Aasterinian and he also has a same-sex parent, usually Jazirian in naga mythology, despite the couatl's hermaphroditic nature (which is not represented in naga mythology, nagas seeing Jazirian in his male aspect).

　　尽管祂们的轻率与轻浮导致与祂们的会面可能蕴含着危险，但阿丝忒瑞娜和帕拉法尔的天性并不邪恶，而是混沌而中立。实际上，所有那些强大的爬虫类神明，没有一位从属善良阵营。古神 布里博杜普Blibdoolpoolp 和 麦尔绍克Merrshaulk 都是邪恶的，而其余几位则是多阵营的存在。祂们中没有哪位认为善良的美德值得尊敬，祂们中也没有哪位以此为目标。祂们要么鄙弃善良，要么是更伟大的自然平衡的一部分。
Both Aasterinian and Parrafaire are chaotic neutral in nature, however, and despite their lightness and levity, meetings with them can be dangerous. Indeed, of all these powerful reptile gods, none is good aligned. The old gods, Blibdoolpoolp and Merrshaulk, are evil while the others are poly-aligned. None of them regards the virtues of good as worthy of primary respect, nor as goals in themselves. They are either despised or are part of a greater balance of nature.

　　那些神的化身有着某些使祂们与众不同的共同特征。祂们、尤其是那些巨龙和纳迦神的化身，全都拥有高超的魔抗，这反映了那些族群（以及那些造物的神）的魔法本质。祂们也有着超常的感知值（这与这些神祇异常的古老正相契合），以及相关的特质（例如免疫幻术——在任何情况下，其对爬行动物心智的影响都非常不同）。无论显现这些化身的神明力量水平如何，这些特质都普遍存在；即便是那些半神的化身，也有着相对较高的魔抗和感知。
The avatars of these gods have certain features in common which make them distinctive. They all have high magic resistance, especially the avatars of the dragon and naga gods, reflective of the intensely magical nature of these creatures (and of the creations of these gods). They also have exceptional Wisdom scores, befitting very ancient deities, and related properties (such as immunity to illusions, which affect reptilian minds very differently in any event). These qualities are present irrespective of the strength of the god which manifests the avatar; even a demigod avatar from this group will have relatively high MR and Wisdom.

埃欧的子孙Io's Children

　　除了 阿丝忒瑞娜Aasterinian，埃欧Io 还在诸世界产下了一系列巨龙半神。许多当地神系都有这样的元素力量（通常是白龙和红龙半神）、魔法（金/银龙半神）、欺诈者（罕见，因为阿丝忒瑞娜已经扮演了这个角色，但在某些神系中存在着混乱善良半神）以及其它半神。那些半神都没有祭司或是萨满，实际上，所有巨龙神祇都没有这样的祭职者；埃欧赋予了他的造物们如此强大的肉体力量和魔法天赋，所以他不觉得会需要祭职者（许多巨龙都能在任何情况下使用祭司法术）。
Beside Aasterinian, Io has spawned a series of draconic demigods across the worlds. Many local pantheons have such demigods, of elemental forces (white and red dragon demigods are common), magic (gold/silver draconic demigods), tricksters (rare, since Aasterinian often has this role, but chaotic good demigods are present in some pantheons), and more. None of these demigods have priests or shamans and none of the draconic deities do; Io has empowered his creations with such physical strength and magical nature that he does not see any place for priesthoods (and many dragons can use priest spells in any event).

　　那些次级半神大多并非值得我们关心的典型神明，但有三位九面巨龙的子嗣的重要程度值得尊敬。巴哈姆特Bahamut，光辉灿烂的白金巨龙，他是金龙与银龙之主，也是一位守序善良价值的强有力维护者。他体现了其父的某些超然特质，不急于直接卷入到主物质位面的事务中去，但不同于埃欧，他看顾并激励着他的崇拜者们。在某些世界中，巴哈姆特甚至有一撮人类和亚人崇拜者，而在人类的神话中，他常常看顾着异常高贵的圣武士。
These minor demigods are of no concern to us as archetypal gods, but three other children of the Ninefold Dragon, all born of his own being, are important enough to be considered. Bahamut, the glorious and resplendent platinum dragon, is lord of gold and silver dragons and a powerful upholder of the values of lawful good. He has something of his parent's detachment and is not eager to involve himself directly in the affairs of the Prime Material, but unlike Io he is watchful and encourages his worshipers. Bahamut even has a handful of human and demihuman worshipers in some worlds, and in human myth, he often keeps a special watch over paladins of exceptional nobility.

　　他守序而邪恶的姐妹 提亚玛特Tiamat 则是头完全不同的生物。她是埃欧体内最有组织、最强大之邪恶的具现，是作为埃欧善良最美好的、近乎完美的具现巴哈姆特的黑暗镜像。提亚玛特定居在 地狱the Hells 中，并享受着在那里的生活，因为这头恶毒的畜生感兴趣的一切在这都可以找到；她昂首阔步，宣称自己是所有邪龙的造物主。因为长时间呆在主物质面，所以她常被认为栖息在主物质世界，在那里时她被视作一位掠夺者（但也会作为一头魔力强大的生物，甚至因为其多产的特性而被标记以多产的面相）。在那之后，她退回到了地狱，而许多种族都有讲述关于她如何被流放的神话。然而，在不同的神话中，将其放逐的神有所不同。大部分神话说，在放逐提亚玛特过程中，巴哈姆特得到了某位天空/太阳神的协助，但具体为哪位神明在不同世界有所不同。
Tiamat, his lawful evil sister, is a different creature altogether. She is an embodiment of the most organized and powerful evil within Io, mirroring Bahamut, who is a near-perfect actualization of the best of Io's goodness. Tiamat has taken up residence in the Hells and enjoys life there inasmuch as this vicious brute can be said to enjoy anything; she struts about, proclaiming herself the creator of all evil dragons. She is often seen as having dwelt for a long time on the Prime Material, and her time there is marked by a role as a despoiler (but also as a creature powerful in magic and even with a fertility aspect due to her fecund nature). After this time, she withdrew to the Hells, and many races have a myth which tells of her banishment. Different myths, though, have many different gods responsible for this banishment. Bahamut is assisted by a sky/sun god in banishing Tiamat, but this is a different god from world to world for the most part.

　　在某种程度上，黑夜巨龙the Night Dragon 法拉祖尔Faluzure 是埃欧伟大巢群中最危险、最残忍的成员。这头阴影与幻术的英俊巨龙有一身极其美丽的纯黑与深蓝鳞片，他是一位卓越而有才华的伪装大师，他在推进自己计谋的同时，并没有提亚玛特的鲁莽莽撞。法拉祖尔有一套复杂的魔法新陈代谢，因为他的美丽与完美需要其食粮的不断死亡来维持，这些被他杀死的生物的躯壳将成为这头巨龙的不死生物随从。法拉祖尔对其他种族的事务的密切程度，远甚于其祂任何巨龙神明——为了自己的食粮而窃取他们拥有的生命与灵魂。
Faluzure, the Night Dragon, is in some ways the most dangerous and sinister of Io's great broods. Gravely beautiful in his perfect black and deep-blue scales, the handsome dragon of shadows and illusion is a brilliant, gifted master of disguise who keeps his own counsels and has not the recklessness of Tiamat. Faluzure has a complex magical metabolism, for his own beauty and perfection require a constant stream of death for their sustenance while the shells of the creatures he slays become the undead creatures the dragon has for an entourage. Much more than any other dragon god, Faluzure has become intimately involved in the affairs of other races—providing they have lives and souls to steal for his own sustenance.

　　法拉祖尔是一团演进中的邪恶，他发展了更多与不死相关的异能（如能量吸取、腐烂病等等），他的生命力量完全依赖于他人的死亡。有许多贤者的故事讲述了神明与凡人的生命力和力量的关系，但没有哪个如法拉祖尔对世界与灵魂的榨取那么可怕。在这头光滑整洁、永远在微笑的黑夜巨龙中，埃欧诞下了一团真实可怕的美丽。
Faluzure is an evolving evil, one developing more powers related to undeath (energy draining, rotting disease, and the like), one whose life force is entirely dependent on the death of others. There are many stories told by sages of the interrelating of the life forces and strength of gods and mortals, but nothing as dreadful as Faluzure's leeching of worlds and souls. Io gave birth to a truly terrifying beauty in the sleek and ever-smiling Night Dragon.

龙族化身Draconic Avatars

　　要注意，这是一群非常可怕的家伙！不要忘了，除了列出的额外能力外，祂们还拥有对应品种太古龙的全部特殊能力，并且随意使用，祂们还能 变形自我polymorph self（巴哈姆特和法拉祖尔尤其喜欢如此。）
Be warned that these are truly terrifying! Don't forget that they have all special abilities of Great Wyrms of the appropriate kind in addition to the extra abilities listed, and they can polymorph self at will (Bahamut and Faluzure favor this in particular).

2eFR<Draconomicon(2e).p025>宗教Religion

　　与大多数其他智慧生物一样，巨龙拥有足够的自由意志来决定它们崇拜哪些神祇，或者是否崇拜任何神祇。（换句话说，在同一物种中，不同的个体可能会崇拜不同的神。）一般来说，物种的力量越强大，其成员中感到需要崇拜神祇的数量就越少。（然而，在 诸国度the Realms中 ，这种情况可能正在发生变化。）
Like most other intelligent creatures, dragons have enough free will to decide which deities they worship, or if they'll worship any. (In other words, within each species, different individuals may worship different gods.) As a general rule, the more powerful the species in question, the fewer members feel the need to worship gods. (This might be changing in the Realms, however.)

　　许多崇拜神祇的巨龙与人类和亚人一样，追随那些与自身阵营相符的神祇。例如，有许多红龙崇拜 班恩Bane、劳薇塔Loviatar 和 犸拉Malar，而一些金龙则尊崇 提尔Tyr 或 托姆Torm。尽管巨龙崇拜那些通常被认为是人形的神祇可能显得有些奇怪，但这背后有其哲学原因。许多贤者——其中一些是龙——认为，诸国度中的神祇实际上是多面性的力量，他们以信徒能够理解的形式显现。因此，提尔本质上并非人类的神祇；那只是他向人类信徒显现的方式。根据这一哲学观点，对于龙类信徒，提尔会以一条威严的金龙形象出现，周身环绕着荣耀；而对于 拉玛苏lammasu，他则会显现为一只天界拉玛苏。
Many dragons who do worship deities follow the same alignment-specific gods as do humans and demihumans. For example, there are many red dragons who worship Bane, Loviatar, and Malar, while a number of gold dragons revere Tyr or Torm. Although it may seem strange that dragons would worship deities who are generally perceived as humaniform, there is a philosophical reason. Many sages—some of them dragons—believe that the gods of the Realms are actually multifaceted forces who appear to their worshipers in forms that those worshipers can understand. Thus, Tyr isn't innately a human god; that's just the way he manifests himself to human worshipers. To draconic worshipers, so the philosophy goes, Tyr would appear as a mighty gold dragon, wreathed in glory; to lammasu he would manifest himself as a celestial lammasu.

　　确实存在一些专属于龙的神明，但这些神祇的影响力似乎在过去的几千年中已逐渐减弱。仍然有一些龙崇拜这些古老的神力，但这类虔诚的个体数量似乎在减少。如今，大多数龙要么崇拜人类的神祇——当然是以其他形态显现的——要么根本不崇拜任何神祇。
There are some specifically draconic gods, but these deities seem to have decreased in influence over the millennia. There are still some dragons that worship these ancient Powers, but such devout individuals seem to be diminishing in number. Most dragons now worship either the human gods—in other aspects, of course—or worship no gods at all.

2eFR<Cult of the Dragon.p120>附录1：巨龙神祇Appendix 1: Dragon Deities

　　巨龙神系The draconic pantheon 是个令人困惑的集合，对非龙生物尤其如此。除了《巨龙之书The Draconomicon》中言及的关于巨龙和它们所崇拜的神力的论述之外，《怪物神话Monster Mythology》中对其也有所讨论。两者存在许多差异。关于 被遗忘国度战役设定FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting，下面的列表对两者进行了汇总与调和。在这份通用列表之后，是对 努尔Null 详细完整的介绍。对这位神祇的描述遵循了《信仰与化身Faiths & Avatars》中所确立的格式。
The draconic pantheon is a confused one, especially to nondragons. Beyond what The Draconomicon has to say on the matter of dragons and thepowers they worship, a draconic pantheon is discussed in Monster Mythology. These two differ in many ways. The following list summarizes and reconciles these two for the purposes of the FORGOTTEN REALMS campaign setting. Following the general list is a complete description of the draconic deity Null. This deity description follows the format established in Faiths & Avatars.

　　请查看查看该作品，以获取标题类别定义以及与专属祭司信息中各要点所详述能力相关的特殊说明。
See that work for definitions of the heading categories and special notes pertaining to the abilities detailed in the bulleted points in the specialty priest information.

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